More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn’t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.
Having been in the school for 2 months, I’m getting used to school life, and I am starting to make the most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o’clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o’clock. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have two hours of activity time, when you can choose from a wide range of activities, including all the major sports, such as rugby and football, and also the minor sports such as basketball and tennis.
As a boarder( 寄宿者),the quality of food is something I consider very important, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional food company, and the quality of food is very excellent and also they take the healthy diet very seriously: I remember once I was once asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff(员工) for I didn’t have enough vegetables. This brings another point of being a boarder: you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible(负责) for yourself. One of the huge advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!
1.The passage mainly tells us about _______.
A.the author’s school life in the UK as a boarder.
B.the author’s opinion of the school life in the UK.
C.the differences in school life between China and UK.
D.the boarder life in a Britain middle school.
2.According to the second paragraph, we can learn that the author _________ .
A.has not enough time to study B.likes to play tennis and basketball
C.went to the school two months ago D.finishes school at 4 o’clock
3.How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?
A.15 B.45 C.27 D.18
4.The underlined words “let me down” in the last paragraph means _______.
A.made me disappointed B.made me pleased C.encouraged me D.amazed me
5.As a boarder in the school, the author ___________ .
A.is not used to the food there B.has learned to have healthy diets
C.is specially taken good care of D.sleep as much as the day pupils
It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(马车)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of 1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he 2 that he was lost, but he 3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to 4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 5 .
It was a long 6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost 7 , he saw in a 8 a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his 9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”
“Hello, yourself,” the farmer replied, 10 ploughing.
“Where does the horse 11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It 12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer, 13 stopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little 14 .
“Don’t know. I never 15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I 17 saw.”
18 stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time 19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much. 20 I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”
1. A.signs B.orders C.attention D.direction
2. A.realized B.recognized C.accepted D.received
3. A.stopped B.used C.wanted D.continued
4. A.miss B.meet C.look D.lose
5. A.town B.country C.capital D.village
6. A.lonely B.busy C.dirty D.crowded
7. A.at noon B.at night C.raining D.dark
8. A.truck B.pile C.field D.store
9. A.strong B.tired C.weak D.tiring
10. A.but B.went on C.stopped D.still
11. A.go B.lead up C.get D.show
12. A.always B.often C.sometimes D.seldom
13. A.began B.still C.without D.already
14. A.clearly B.lower C.more loudly D.more politely
15. A.judged B.measured C.saw D.studied
16. A.sad B.lovely C.friendly D.angry
17. A.ever B.often C.even D.never
18. A.Still B.Not C.With D.Finally
19. A.gladly B.immediately C.in silence D.excitedly
20. A.Really B.Perhaps C.Certainly D.Fortunately
If better use is _______ your free time, you’ll make greater progress in that.
A.spent B.taken C.made of D.used of
The old pianist wouldn’t listen to our repeated request that he _______ in public again.
A.played B.play C.would D.was going to play
The army officer _______ his men to fire as soon as the enemies came up.
A.requested B.commanded C.begged D.suggested
--- I hear a number of workers in the factory ______ out of work.
--- Yes, and the number _______ quite huge.
A.are; is B.is; are C.is; is D.are; are